Zlatan Ibrahimovic Describes Rooney as Perfect and Says He Does Not Get The Respect He Deserves

Manchester United Striker demanded that his team-mate Wayne Rooney be given more respect.

Wayne Rooney (left) and Zlatan Ibrahimovic (right)

In an interview, the Swede striker said 'Manchester United captain Wayne Rooney is "the perfect player" and deserves more respect from the media'

Rooney produced a very stunning display which coul also be called his best display of the season so far in a Europa League match against Feyenoord in which they came out victorious with a 4-0 win. Rooney scored the first goal of the match and later providing an assist for Juan Mata to score the second goal of the match. The performance came in the wake of a difficult spell in the 31-year-old's career, with uncertainty around his place in the United and England starting line-ups exacerbated when pictures emerged showing him looking worse for wear at a wedding reception following the 3-0 World Cup qualifying win over Scotland.

Rooney himself hit out at the media coverage of that incident, and Ibrahimovic has some sympathy for the way in which his captain has been under scrutiny.

"First of all, as a person, he's fantastic," he said of Rooney, who became United's leading goalscorer in European competition with his Feyenoord strike. "I had the luck to get to know the person. As a player, there are no words. He's the perfect player: everybody knows what he can do and what he has done.